| Show II H I II I uit Iti I President lil III hut of fir it itA A I till il I of the th Central thinks ka American In 1 roads ad are In Infine floe fine shape e He lie U Two year aco go I said It I that Itt ue He eec of t three must moat happen 01 or the tM rail raili railroad i rods road oad of sit o this country would gu go 1 to lu I mid Id that there must be 1 t reduction of ut an au increase Ih in I iut I s or an all immedIate and cud sub aub l return etu to iU prosperity The third source MOU of ot eliof 11 lia lisa come Orne and an today tUllay the railroads are aie a In hatter better bell DUo than eer eter before In the history ur of the country Knapp of tho thu II h homm commerce omm In a Ii us statement which he ho has just JUM luu predict that the th coming year lear wilt will see a heavier buss bun ties nelll for tor American titers than ever ar before In the history of or the th country and from corn my lilY own OIl personal I believe his hi statement Is I 1 Join kIme two 10 years ago 0 1 I predicted that pm prosperity did dl 1 come cume to 10 the country a it large to tu be reflected by Ity increased bush busi business ness flee ne tot for the railroads railroad one of ut two tu things thing would be absolutely necessary to 10 1 preset no 0 the th integrity m of If the great creat I 1101 y tein noh wets were of find and either ithier would havn havo worked a hardship on the public pu ll ut ul ullar large lar 00 D would have beau II the U whole wholesale wh sale I reduction rt of lit waKe It and nd the 1111 other a wholesale Increase IlIc of freight rate reise IU would have been I a Il but bul moat natural Rat I conditIons condition rund I have h stepped d In arid and saved the tM MUd aud saved ved tU tile country It U kaa Isa hews bean said mid Mr U hl hi hIs Interviewer UI that th even VI though bough t extraordinary canti cantito to 10 the country the t be railroads would not nat be able bl to profit from it I a Ita as mui mut h As ia a athey they ought by reason 11 of ot thesIs their Inability to handle the business 1 I do not believe that I as true Ir stud said MI Mr lIr an decided decidedly The rail load luday have hate more m sirs and sits HII alne than ever before Th The majority of t the lb gr at trunk yema Tn Tm the th loun oun try tl have hB taken advantage of or the th lull lullIn lullIn lullIn In busIness bill during the pest 1 too wo o year yere y to strengthen where hither hitherto to they thy had been Mn sn weak k the railroad have hv done don ell to lu better their condition by bt doubling dooMIng tripling and lId in sonic some eases quadrupling their thIr track tr BesIdes uw this the Uie U Ilona that prevailed In 7 when haA they tit failed rail to III kandl 1 the thee business basin n thrust at al them they tI have Ita learned many man valuable things In nil Uie lb way war of |
